Ned P. Rauch covers the environment for The Journal News and Lohud.com. Previous assignments include stints covering New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Harrison and Pelham. He's been a full-time reporter since 2000, when he joined the hard-working staff of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the only daily paper published within the Adirondack Park. He and his wife live in the Hudson Valley and play in a band called Tall County.